| Envision Education | |
|---|---|
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California | |
| Information | |
| Type | Charter schools |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Bob Lenz & Daniel McLaughlin [1] |
| Website | envisionschools |
Envision Education is a Bay Area network of high performing charter schools, founded in June 2002 by Daniel McLaughlin and Bob Lenz, [2] that currently runs five public middle and high Envision Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. [3]
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Established in 2002, Envision Education serves approximately 1,500 students in the San Francisco Bay Area: 70% are low-income; 94% from communities of color; and 75% first generation college bound. From this population, 100% of graduates are accepted to 2- or 4-year colleges, with 77% accepted to 4-year institutions. Envision graduates also persist in college once they enroll. Their college persistence rate is 87% from first to second year, compared to the national average of 74%.
Envision also operates Envision Learning Partners, a coaching and training division working with schools across the country to adapt and adopt the Portfolio Defense model. ELP works with more than 1,000 educators in 30+ school networks and reaching more than 200,000 students.